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The Narrow Pathways to Wealth: Family Businesses and Employer‑Business Ownership

Owning a business that employs others is a promising yet uncommon path to building personal and intergenerational wealth in the United States. Gallup's latest report, supported by JPMorganChase and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, explores why so few become or remain business owner-employers — and what distinguishes those who do.

The study builds on the Year 1 report, Entrepreneurial Insights: Owning and Employing as a Pathway to Wealth and Wellbeing. The Year 2 research draws on responses from nearly 12,000 working adults and over 3,500 business owners to examine their work arrangements, wellbeing, income and wealth — and to answer new and outstanding questions about the entrepreneurial journey.

Download the full report to learn how employer-ownership fuels prosperity — and what it takes to achieve it.

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The Narrow Pathways to Wealth: Family Businesses and Employer‑Business Ownership

Owning a business that employs others is a promising yet uncommon path to building personal and intergenerational wealth in the United States. Gallup's latest report, supported by JPMorganChase and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, explores why so few become or remain business owner-employers — and what distinguishes those who do.

The study builds on the Year 1 report, Entrepreneurial Insights: Owning and Employing as a Pathway to Wealth and Wellbeing. The Year 2 research draws on responses from nearly 12,000 working adults and over 3,500 business owners to examine their work arrangements, wellbeing, income and wealth — and to answer new and outstanding questions about the entrepreneurial journey.

Download the full report to learn how employer-ownership fuels prosperity — and what it takes to achieve it.

71% of owner-employers are thriving in wellbeing, compared to 60% of non-employer owners.
2% of working U.S. adults own a business that employs other people.
5x Adults who worked full-time for a parent's business for at least a year are about five times more likely to become employer-owners than those who didn't work at their parent's business.
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